UID:
almafu_9960118152602883
Format:
1 online resource (606 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-91016-9
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. European History
Content:
This translation by Sarah Austin (1793-1867) of German historian Leopold von Ranke's work contributed significantly to early modern history and historiography. By some accounts 'the best living translator' of her time, Austin was a member of circles that included Jeremy Bentham and J. S. Mill. Ranke (1795-1886) worked for most of his life at the University of Berlin, writing several histories covering the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. Austin's translation recognises Ranke's importance to Western historiography: his methodology stressed the centrality of using primary sources and of the historian's objectivity. Ranke's history engages with a much wider area than his title suggests; indeed, his subject is 'the struggle between Catholicism and Protestantism, between authority and innovation', as Austin writes. Volume 2 is almost wholly concerned with the Counter-Reformation (and coins the term), from 1563 to 1630. These volumes will be of interest to early modern historians and historiographers alike.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-02712-1
Language:
English
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511910166
